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Consider, too, if an individual shoe was thrown during use or
removed, potentially during reshoeing. Any attached nails can be
helpful here - if the nails are still clinched and the shoe is well
bent the probability is it was thrown. If the nails are short, the
points clipped off, and the shoe not especially bent, it was probably
removed. Again. consult a farrier. And try to arrange some time
watching the full process. While the material of the shoe and the
ways to control a horse have changed over time, the actual process of
reshoeing, and the tools involved, haven't changed that much.
Robert
At 8/2/2007 12:22 PM, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm about to analyse an assesmblage of horseshoes (dating from the
>late nineteenth/early twentieth century). This is an artefact type
>I haven't dealt with before and was wondering what attributes need
>to be recorded. I'm planning to start with some basic measurements,
>but don't know what to record beyond that, or what the terms for the
>different parts of the horseshoe are. I've had a look around for
>some ideas but haven't found anything particularly helpful. Any
>advice would be much appreciated.
>Cheers,
>Katharine
>
>Katharine Watson
>Underground Overground Archaeology Ltd
>28 Pratt Street
>Christchurch
>New Zealand
>
>027 656 3985
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